The Pennyfoot Hotel, now known as the Pennyfoot Country Club, knows how to plan an event and Cecily knows how to solve a mystery.  This year in the midst of the Christmas celebration a double murder occurs. One of England’s important couples is murdered by an exploding Christmas cracker. With the local constable out of town, Cecily and Baxter work quietly to solve the murders and find the second missing cracker before someone is hurt.

The Pennyfoot staff has a mystery of their own when Gertie and Pansy notice a snowman that moves around the property. Gertie senses something eerie and perilous about this holly jolly holiday symbol’s behavior.

Reading a new Pennyfoot Christmas mystery each winter has fast become a tradition. The celebrations are lively, the characters entertaining. The intensity of the mystery at the front of the Hotel is balanced with the staff humor at the back. Mrs Chubbs, Gertie and Michael can be quite entertaining when in a tizzy.